changeset 2503:fb3509fdf8b7

Sat Apr 10 00:39:29 1993 Jim Blandy (jimb@totoro.cs.oberlin.edu) * paragraphs.el (sentence-end, forward-sentence): Doc fixes.
author Jim Blandy <jimb@redhat.com>
date Sat, 10 Apr 1993 06:21:16 +0000
parents 190371d9bc2e
children 181eef669324
files lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el	Sat Apr 10 06:20:55 1993 +0000
+++ b/lisp/textmodes/paragraphs.el	Sat Apr 10 06:21:16 1993 +0000
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@
 
 (defconst sentence-end (purecopy "[.?!][]\"')}]*\\($\\| $\\|\t\\|  \\)[ \t\n]*") "\
 *Regexp describing the end of a sentence.
-All paragraph boundaries also end sentences, regardless.")
+All paragraph boundaries also end sentences, regardless.
+
+In order to be recognized as the end of a sentence, the ending period,
+question mark, or exclamation point must be followed by two spaces,
+unless it's inside some sort of quotes or parenthesis.")
 
 (defconst page-delimiter "^\014" "\
 *Regexp describing line-beginnings that separate pages.")
@@ -178,7 +182,7 @@
 	      (end-of-paragraph-text))))))
 
 (defun forward-sentence (&optional arg)
-  "Move forward to next`sentence-end'.  With argument, repeat.
+  "Move forward to next `sentence-end'.  With argument, repeat.
 With negative argument, move backward repeatedly to `sentence-beginning'.
 
 The variable `sentence-end' is a regular expression that matches ends of